Christin Destefano, a Tewksbury resident, finished fourth Friday night and that allowed her to capture the Tri-City Line-X Ironman Division season championship at Lee USA Speedway.

Destefano and Travis Hollins of Milford, N.H., were in a neck-and-neck battle for the top spot entering the final week and there was plenty of drama in the finale. They swapped positions for much of the race, but Destafano ultimately prevailed, topping Hollins by one position to secure the title by a narrow margin.

Destefano said it was "amazing" to win the title.

"It's been a lifelong dream to win a championship," she said Monday. "There were a lot of times this year and during that race that I could just have just gave up and I didn't. My team and others dug deep to fix my car for that feature ... so I had to dig deep to win that championship."

Destefano said she was side by side with Hollins for 20 of the 25 laps. Before the final race, she and her team had to replace sparkplugs and a wire to get her car up to speed.

She is one of only two women who drive regularly at Lee. Her husband, Brian, also drives at Lee. They have two young sons, Gage and Wyatt.

Jeff Battle of Westford won Friday's race.

Elsewhere, Bobby Melvin broke out to the early lead in the LMS main and the Groton driver ended up finishing fourth.

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In other action, Tyler Mailhot locked up the Pure Stock championship with his sixth feature win of the year, with 2015 champ Jesse Tellier of Dracut bringing the Rob Carleton entry home in the runner-up slot.

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